Eurofighter has completed a range of air-carriage trials for the MBDA Meteor beyond visual range air-to-air missile (BVRAAM), which forms part of the process of integrating the missile onto the Typhoon swingrole combat aircraft.

The first of a series of trials to ensure the safe separation of the missile across the flight envelope were carried out by Eurofighter Partner Company BAE Systems with instrumented production aircraft (IPA 1) on the Aberporth range, UK.

The introduction of the Meteor missile will ensure that the Typhoon continues as the world’s most advanced swing-role combat aircraft well into the future, keeping ahead of developing air-to-air threats. Meteor is a ramjet powered next generation BVRAAM, with the largest ‘no escape zone’ of any air-to-air weapon resulting in a long stand-off range and high kill probability to ensure air superiority and pilot survivability. This is being developed on behalf of France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Sweden and the UK by MBDA.